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A Guide to Authentic e-learning provides the tools to apply authentic e-learning principles across a range of disciplines, with practical guidance on design, development, implementation and evaluation.

Jan Herrington is a Professor in the School of Education at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. Thomas C.Reeves is a Professor of Learning, Design, and Technology at the University of Georgia, USA. Ron Oliver is Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia.

List of Figures

p. ix

List of Tables

p. xi

Series Editors' Foreword

p. xiii

Acknowledgments

p. xv

Introduction

p. 1

Impediments to Authentic Learning in Higher Education

p. 3

Inert Knowledge

p. 4

Emerging Technologies and Cognitive Tools

p. 7

Technologies of Participatory Culture

p. 8

Participatory e-Learning

p. 10

Learning Management Systems in e-Learning

p. 11

What is Authentic e-Learning?

p. 14

The Foundations of Authentic Learning: Situated Learning Critical Characteristics of Situated Learning for a Model of Authentic Learning